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COMSAT Inc., is making significant
investments in its Tier 4 certified U.S. teleport and
ground network infrastructure. The physical expansion
enables COMSAT to create new levels of terrestrial
redundancy, bolster its military-grade cybersecurity
offering, and increase capacity across its entire
network. The development will also support working with
multiple global carriers to optimize more geographically
diverse network routes, minimizing latency and outage
times.

“Any satellite network is only as
good as its ground infrastructure, as even the most
technically advanced satellite cannot communicate
effectively and efficiently if it is not supported by a
robust, resilient terrestrial network. These assets cost
hundreds of millions of dollars to deploy, yet without
reliable terrestrial support they are essentially
inoperable. Our mission is to ensure that never happens
as we continue satisfying the increased demand from
existing satellite partners, while also providing
capacity for a host of new players entering space,” says
COMSAT CEO David Greenhill. “Once finished, COMSAT will
deliver the most advanced, powerful and interconnected
global network and ground facilities which combined will
support more satellite constellation providers, and
their customers, than any other terrestrial network.”

Through the acquisition of
additional land, the building of three new 7.3M Ku-band
antennas, and the re-sectoring and re-anchoring of
existing antenna assets, COMSAT will provide augmented
connectivity access to a diverse range of satellites,
including GEO, LEO and MEO constellations from both its
Southbury, CT., and Santa Paula, CA. teleports. Upon
completion in March 2020, the enhanced operations will
boost COMSAT’s extensive network ensuring consistent,
comprehensive redundancy and seamless connectivity
solutions for satellite partners and customers operating
in multiple service environments worldwide.

COMSAT’s agnostic approach defines
its ability to optimize and adapt its services,
infrastructure and support in a rapidly expanding and
dynamic sector. This enables partners and customers to
effectively maximize the capabilities of the space-based
assets to provide essential mission communication
systems and ensure on-time and seamless operations, no
matter how complex.

The latest COMSAT investment also
supports the full SD communications network. As part of
the Satcom Direct family of companies, COMSAT works
closely with the SD Data Center providing one of the
industry’s top-rated cybersecurity services. The SD Data
Center in Melbourne, FL. allows customers to use the
teleports as a bridge for both legacy and new networks
through its in-house data center services. Access to its
cloud services or any of the numerous cloud service
providers is also available.